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Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 PST
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.5° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 5AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)19s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
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5
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
1.3
WNW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
2.3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111111111112120191918181717161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)813705619638531469359463575125517701947329771897508690362265596507645873853317027732378
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ENE
10
N
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
1.34
12:37PM
1.42
2:34AM
1.38
1:37PM
1.19
3:16AM
1.43
2:52PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55PM
-0.20
7:04AM
0.72
7:34PM
-0.01
8:19AM
0.68
8:12PM
0.20
9:40AM
0.59
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise-----7:20-------7:20-------7:20--
Sunset-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C141312121212131312111212111012121110899101213
Feels °C (?)1311101111107875643366762437910
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